House-bit



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2 Sheets-Sheet 1. H. BALL. HORS E BIT.

PatentedDec. 2.3, 1890.

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HORSE BIT. N0. 443,158. Patented Dec. 23, 1890,

NTTED STATES PATENT OFFicE.

IIOSEA BALL, OF NEYV YORK, N. Y. I

HORSE-BIT.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent No. 443,158, dated December 23, 1890.

Application filed September 26, 1889. Serial No. 325,114. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HOSEA BALL, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horse-Bits, of which the following is a SDGOlfiOation. reference heinohurl tn 1.1m smpedes the circulation of the blood and renders the horse moreor less restive. The outer or convex side of the bar B must also, when only two bars are used, approach sufficiently near 55 the under side of the bar A to prevent the tnno'nn nF H10 lwnvqn (rM'Hnn-hnfiwnnn H11 hsn'q nor of connection hereinb'efore described is preferable.- I

Having described my invention, I clain1- 1. In a horse-bit, the combination, with the 5 end posts, of an upperbar at a right angle, or substantially so, to the posts, and a lower arched bar forming acute angles with the end posts, substantially as specified 2. In a horse-bit, the combination, with the 10 end posts, of an upper bar at a right angle, or substantially so, to the posts, and a lower arched bar Whose middle is nearest to the upper bar, the said lower bar also formingacute angles to the end posts, both bars being curved 15 laterally, substantially as specified.

3. In a horse-bit, the combination, with the end posts, of an upper bar ataright angle, or substantially so, to the posts, a lower arched bar forming acute angles with the end posts, and one or more braces connecting the upper 20 and lower bars, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal.

IIOSEA BALL. [n s.]

Witnesses;

JosEPH H. PORTER, MILES B. ANDRUs. 

